The Obama administration is "pursuing an agenda to raise the price Americans pay for energy," House Republicans charged in a report released late Monday — repeating an accusation they've made before, but this time laying it out in a 43-page document just ahead of what's likely to be a contentious hearing Tuesday morning.

Republicans on Darrell Issa's House Oversight committee are pulling out all the stops to skewer EPA chief Lisa Jackson and Interior Deputy Secretary David Hayes at the 9 a.m. hearing on "pain at the pump" and the policies that promote it.

The report includes repeats of GOP allegations that the administration wants high gasoline prices to advance its renewable energy agenda, along with fresh attacks on regulations by EPA, the Fish and Wildlife Service and other agencies.

"The most troubling things about outlandish statements made by key Obama Administration officials about the need to raise energy costs is that when we examined the evidence, they appear to reflect the agenda they are pursuing," Issa said in a statement on the panel's website. "These are obviously not the policies Americans want or support."

But the GOP report came only after top committee Democrat Elijah Cummings launched a pre-emptive strike earlier Monday: a report of his own blaming speculators for the high prices and calling on the committee to shine its spotlight on Wall Street.

This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 7:58 a.m. on May 24, 2011.